Most likley the rain is over till next year, but we had the coldest, rainest Jan. Feb. March in a long time. Wed. 70 thur. 68 Fri.74
I have to pay out the nose on my income tax.
Home all day today, kind of rare for me, house and yard chores, I plan to change trains on my layout. I don’t do that enough.
I must have a million cars when 1/4 of what I have would be plenty.
Happy Hump day…
Sunny and up to 50 today.
Thinking a mental health day is coming on…Have to schedule a physical any ways…
Spent half an hour on the layout with grass…and more to plant. I have some spary glue, seems to work ok, put I bought more Elmer’s and will be using that tonight…lotsa grass to plant…lol. The completion of Spooky Town is getting closer.
Finding more loose rolling stock and the “staging” yard in the “closet” upstairs is working out. Most of my stuff is either boxed or in a dive case. Might do more rolling stock hunting and start to pre-wire the electrical outlets. I have 3 to do.
Not much else, 9.5 to 10 hour days 5 days a week…getting tired, lol.
Back at it!!
Afternoon Fellas
I have been taking some time off to get things addressed at the various houses. The Pittsburgh house sold, just waiting on inspections and then closing. Our current house is on the market, so just doing some touch-ups here and there. The new house is progressing. Stopped there yesterday and they have the 1st floor’s floor joists in. I was able to get down into the basement from the exitway steps and I was most impressed. Can’t wait to see the walls go up!
Fife - watched the videos! Nicely done! Loved the narrator!
Good Afternoon from sunny clear 66°F Southern Ohio,
Working on the layout wiring. I decided to go ahead and re-used the control panel from the old layout. Using the 22090 instead of the 30Bs so the openings on top will be different. I should be able to use most of the existing switches and wiring. Most of the wires are labeled but I’m sorting through and verifying now so as I place an accessory, it will be wired to a connector block and the wires from the control panel will go right to the connector block. I ordered 100 forked spade connectors for $7.
I think a dog got ahold of a couple of my chickens. Injured one bad enough I went ahead and killed it and the other is slowly moving around but we’ll see about it. This leaves us with 4, maybe three layers. Good the chicks are only about 6 months from laying.
Buckeye - No I did not see the article about the Circleville layout, please tell me more.
Fife - really neat video of your layout and your grandson is great!
May God bless you and your families
Jim
Spring break for the grand kids so we have had the daughter’s two for the last two days.
Two days with the kids keeps one going. Jordan and I cleaned up three down trees with the tractor and all the dead wood on the trails with the gator and I sure love that grapple attachment. No work involved and he loves to sit on my lap and be the operator. Can’t have much more fun than grabbing things with the tractor and grapple. [;)]
Got the deck framework I wanted stained done this morning and had enough to do a lot more. All of the tops of the stringers and anything that will touch the new wood is covered and the steps and face plates of the frame have a fresh coat of stain.
Grand daughter keep the wife happy and they did some shopping so we all had things going on.
Weather was just fine today but rain is on the way tomorrow and that say snow on Saturday for DougM, [swg]
Kids wanted some of my chili so in about ten minutes we will eat [dinner] then I will head to Menards to meet their mom and drop them off.
Time to get.
Back from the farms. Bought the next to largest Stihl powerhead, string trimmer attachement and the blade cutter attachment. WOW. Three blade on the cutter attachment made haste to cutting new shooting lanes in new property. Worth the money.
Now rest.
Good evening all,
Two boring meetings today partially (barely) spiced with a couple of noteworthy announcements. Otherwise quiet. Moderately good weather for walk. Had nice dinner at Frisch’s with the better half. Watched Jane the Virgin. Lots happening there. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Evening,
So far today has been the highlight for the week, rearranging storage areas in the garage. The majority of the time has been supporting the inlaws. He can no longer get in and out of the car and requires to be lifted, and Kay can’t do it alone, so I help. So far this week has been 3 seperate Dr appts, and one extended trip to ER Tues night. That ends up being a 5 or 6 hr ordeal. Both of them have appts tomorrow, so on it goes.
Think maybe the weather here is getting with the season. Been really nice the past couple of days.
Chief, Glad to hear that you decided on the gas Stihl power head instead of the electric corded one.
Roy, When you were talking about the transformers, reminded me of one position I had at EPE Power Systems. Would have to have the Varnish tank (below ground pit) cleaned out, had a crew with jackhammers chipping out the varnish out of the tank. Would take a week!
Buckeye, Sounds like Ohio has as many or maybe more train museums as PA.
Take care all!
Morning. Chilly but warming fast. Resting up this AM.
Have a good one.
Good morning all!
Cloudy here, breezy, 63 right now, mid-70’s later. Cold front Sat and cloudy days predicted for the next 7 days - ugh - had been enjoying the sun!
DonB - glad you mentioned varnish. I was thinking lacquer which I knew was wrong. I think the Lionel transformers were assembled by sliding the iron core laminations together through the windings which is why the core laminations are not varnish dipped to keep them from buzzing. The one ZW buzzing sounded like a giant Lionel Vibrotor motor! Very annoying unlike the gentle buzz many have.
Anj - glad you continue to make progress on the layout!
Phish - too bad about the chickens.
Kev - good deck progress!
Brent - that is great news about the houses, new and old!
Nice today, low 60s but cloudy. Temps will drop tonight and rain will come, turning to snow by Saturday night. [:S]
No deck work but,Honey Do’s
Today’ SAR (Some Assembly Required) [(-D]
Wifey is happy!
Phish…On page 50 of the May issue of CTT, they are featuring a layout by Bill Parker of Circleville, Ohio. It is of course filled with B&O and C&O. It is a big layout at 24’x18’. He has also opened up a new section that is 8’x20’.
Beautiful day in the valley. I installed a Craftsman tool system in the garage. As a kid my folks used to have a garage where you could not park a car. It was full of junk. I’m the opposite.
Still working on the new layout plans, but there were so many things I liked with my old layout, i.e., bridges, return loops, and grades I am incoporating those items. This time I want to make room for a highway going under the tracks in a tunnel. The grandsons want a lake on the layout and provided me with the necessary figures.
Rain heading our way.
Boiler up! Hammer down!
Good evening all,
Very quiet day at work. Good weather for walking outside. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
TGIF!!
Got home late, debated on going to fire drill, I did a small section of grass, then went to drill. AND that was a waste od time and manpower. Let’s have a drill where everyone is involvd, not just a few, huh? Got home at 930 and crashed.
Been a long week, had to get in early, the upper management wanted us in early, so at 0710 I was here, and waited until 0730 to get a scan…was asked to stay late…ok, well, it is overtime…
After this craziness (it is end of month, after all…) I’ll run over to the PHL airport and pick up a friend and drop her off at her apartment. It’s on my way home, so no biggie.
Fife - Sorry about dem Os…
Off to another scan, looks like it’s gathering steam…
anjdevil - Not sure which was worse, watching dem O’s lose, or watching dem O’s lose on ESPN…
Hello there.
Quick post between fish fry prep and frying fish.
Been busy getting ready for contractor next week.
Visit to doc Wednesday resulted in less carbs and more exercise. A1C is on the rise. Didn’t buy my story that its from sitting on my butt while recuperating.
Best get to it.
Prayers for those in need
75 and BEAUTIFUL. Enjoy the day.
Go YANKEES.
Later
Good morning from a cloudy and cool North Bluff Above Marseilles IL…
Cool and no sun but good working weather. Going to try to get some work done on the deck today. Hope to install an inside shut off valve for the LP line to the deck for the grill (never had one inside just one outside) I want both. And maybe get the top plate boards on.
Better get to it.
Good morning all!
Cloudy here and will stay that way for days - Cold front tomorrow - possible rain. 78 for a high today.
Chevy sent me a couple of free tics for the DFW Auto Show going on this weekend - if the son is up for it we might go - parking downtown is expensive and hard to find at the convention center - so may take the light rail - think there is a station at the conv ctr…
Since ESPN is totally unwatchable any more…
Hey Gang!!
End of month means everyone here loses their mind…lol!!!
Got here at 0710 per request of the senior VP, and supposed to stay late. We’ll see how that goes.
Off to PHL airport afterwards to pick up my friend, then home.
Did get a little grass done prior to my bad decision to go to drill (which was a total waste of time in my view).
Hope to plant more “grass” tonight and tomorrow morning, maybe get that part done.
